About Me

Hi! I'm Amber (she/her), I'm 29, and this is my website.

I'm an everything hobbyist, weaving in and out of many different interests, including but not limited to:

• cars (sportscar racing, endurance racing, modified cars)

• computers, and their various uses:

  • linux (I use Arch btw)
  • programming, as a hobby (including JavaScript, Ruby, Rust, Go, and others)
  • computer-aided-design (CAD)
  • electronic engineering (EE)
  • mechanical keyboards, both vintage and modern customs
  • video games, mostly of the late 1990s/early 2000s but also including modern motorsport and vehicle simulations
    • I briefly had a fixation with flight simulators

• music

  • I have a growing collection of Japanese jazz-fusion
  • I own more MiniDiscs than you, probably
  • I have several hundred gigabytes of Vaporwave, from Chuck Person to desert sand and everyone in between
  • I have four cassette decks

• film photography, 35mm and '645' medium format

If it's something I can customise or modify I've gone down the rabbit hole, complete with the hours-long Wikipedia deep dive and trawling forum threads. This kind of deep research and involvement with hobby subculture is extremely rewarding and I hope to continue finding things to obsess over.

What I do for work

I'm a software & operations engineer by trade. My job title is "DevOps Engineer", although I believe that DevOps is a cultural practice and not a job title.

It must be said that everything on this website is my own opinion, and does not necessarily reflect the opinions and values of any company that has, does, or may employ me.

If you're interested in what I output in a programming sense, I have a profile on some Git-as-a-Service platforms, such as Codeberg, GitHub, and GitLab. As I work for a contractor, sometimes I am required to use accounts that are not my own, and this activity is not reflected in any gamification metrics you see on these platforms.

If you want to contact me, you can do so via email.